Hey All! Been super long since I posted really anything of significance and I feel shitty about that. That being said, this is a piece that’s pretty important to me. It’s the result of a Character Design workshop that I put together for the Kazone Art School in La Habra and Irvine a few weeks back where I presented a few interesting ideas in approach to character design and how to exercise your imagination. This post has all the images that I used in the presentation without the context, but the gist of it should be pretty clear...Come up with 3 unique variables for a character, number them 1 through 3, and weigh those factors differently in 6 separate executions so as to challenge yourself in pushing how you think about visual exploration. . I did two separate sets in preparation for the talk, but ended up focusing on “Mira the Time Bandita” because I felt she was the stronger of the two ideas (by far) and because she is named and modeled after my close friend @shillyshallysiobhan ’s cat. :) . Cheers! And feel free to ask me questions. :) . #johnpolidora #norsechowder #miscreantsandthieves #art #artist #artwork #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #line #lineart #doodle #doodles #draw #drawing #drawings #sketch #sketches #sketching #sketchbook #characterdesign #digitalpaint #mirathetimebandita (at Santa Monica, California)